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ANSYS Consulting Services


Outline

ANSYS Consulting Services• Consulting services• Customer training


Worldwide Consulting Services StaffOffices located throughout Europe and North

America

Hundreds of man‐years of experience in FEA, CFD and Electromagnetic simulation


Our mission:• To understand your engineering goals and workflow, and to provide customized services that:– Enhance the value of our software– Ensure your success in its application




ANSYS specializes in projects that deliver:• “Jump start” and technology transfer to accelerate your engineering analysis capability

• Added functionality to our engineering simulation products• Integration of our simulation technology with other software• Custom solutions that streamline your engineering workflow

ANSYS has the computing power needed for large, complex models and transient analyses


ANSYS Consulting Services “Jump Start” and Tech Transfer

Projects for new or existing ANSYS users having a specific simulation task, where…

• The most effective simulation workflow will be developed and delivered to you• Your simulation expertise needs to be increased and extended in a short time frame• A new user wants to start simulation work on a problem involving a high level of complexity


“Jump Start” and Tech Transfer Example: MAN

MAN Diesel & Turbo is the world market leader for large diesel engines for use in ships and power stations

• Demand for engine reliability and low life‐time service costs brings the need for accurate and careful engineering in the design process

• ANSYS Consulting developed an effective workflow for coupled simulation of Fluid‐Structure‐Interaction of water‐cooled cylinder head


ANSYS CFX: Stream lines in water jacket; solid temperature in cylinder head

ANSYS Mechanical: Mechanical stresses

Interpolation of solid temperature

Example: MAN Diesel & Turbo& Turbo

Very good agreement with temperature measurements

“Standard” workflow now used at MAN Diesel & Turbo


Example: MAN Diesel & Turbo

“We are absolutely pleased how the project was executed. The quality of the results is excellent and we learned a lot.”

Petra SteffeMAN Diesel & Turboin Economic Engineering, May 2008

“It’s a big advantage that the CAE consultant works with the same simulation software as oneself. By that the results can be used for further post-processing without additional interpretation effort.”

Andreas LinkeMAN Diesel & Turboin Economic Engineering, May 2008


ANSYS Consulting Services Added Software Functionality

Projects that:• Enhances the value of our software• Broadens the applicability and fidelity of the simulation• Identifies new usage methodologies• Examples:– User‐defined functions and subroutines– Custom material models– New boundary conditions– Custom physics

Porous media “wicking” model


Added Software Functionality Example: “Hole Generator” UDF

Application: CFD analysis of gas turbine combustors

Challenge: more quickly generate the CFD mesh, including large number of small effusion (cooling) holes

• Desire to quickly change the number, location, angle for the holes to find optimal design

Solution: the Hole Generator user‐defined function automatically creates and meshes any number of holes at user‐specified locations

• Can also be used for cooled turbine blades

Cold side wall

Hot side wall

example combustor


Premium SupportGoodrich Wheels and Brakes

Goodrich Profile: Aerospace Industry• Global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace, defense

and homeland security markets with annual revenues of $6.4 billion• Aircraft Wheels and Brakes (AWB) designs, manufactures, tests and

provides aftermarket service for aircraft wheel and braking systems on over 200 programs

Keys to Successful Deployment of ANSYS Tools• AWB was a big user of various software for aircraft brake design

and analysis, including brake squeal• With many new programs, AWB needed to increase their

engineering throughput – the legacy software was falling short• ANSYS Mechanical workflow in Workbench was shown to greatly

streamline their design process• ANSYS software adoption began in 2007• Standard training was sufficient to get them started, but they

desired more help with scripting and customization to ensure a smooth and quick implementation of ANSYS software


Premium Support Goodrich Wheels and Brakes

The ANSYS Solution: Premium Support• Quick‐start projects– Creating macros and scripts– Customization of ANSY Mechanical and ANSYS CFX

• Mapping existing processes to ANSYS tools• Mentoring, on‐site visits

These services have increased Goodrich engineers’ effectiveness and throughput with ANSYS software

“At Goodrich Wheels and Brakes, we've recognized the need to shorten our analysis cycle time. New software capability was identified as essential to meeting that need and ANSYS' product was found to be the most capable. Furthermore ANSYS has worked well with us to realize the necessary improvements in our process, proving they are not merely a software provider but a full solution provider.” Todd Rook, Associate Technical Fellow, Dynamics


ANSYS Consulting ServicesSoftware Tools Integration

Projects involving the integration of multiple simulation technologies

• Extends the vision of “virtual prototyping”• An integration of multiple tools can be used to analyze a product in its true environment

• Examples:– ANSYS Mechanical + in‐house software– ANSYS FLUENT + Aspen– ANSYS CFX + 1‐D software

FLUENT – Aspen Integration


ANSYS Consulting Services Workflow Streamlining

Projects involving the development of customized versions of our products that simplify their usage

• Examples:– Simple user interfaces– Templates with embedded best practices– Scripts for repetitive tasks

Ref: BIOT 102, ACS National Meeting, CA Sep 2006Turbulence dissipation rate at different scales

20 liter 20000 liter

Workbench-based template for Biopharma Reactors


Workflow Streamlining Re‐use of APDL Macro in WB Mechanical

Context:• Lots of ANSYS users have developed in‐house models with APDL macros• How to easily integrate them into Workbench?– Through the use of Application Customization Toolkit (ACT) based on Python and XML scripting

– Either by DIY method or Jump‐start project

Example of an existing APDL macro:• Applies out‐of‐plane convection to a 2D turbine blade (part of an axisymmetric model)• Parameters include blade thickness, film coefficient and bulk temperature

Through the use of ACT :• Expose in GUI• Define input parameters• Re‐use macro


Convective Surface Boundary Condition in 2D Axisymmetric Analysis

The thickness is mandatory to create the shell elements

With ACT, add dedicated toolbar

and button for object creation

One additional convection is

created as a new user defined load

This convection enables the scope

of surfaces

Both the transformation from

a 2D axi to a 3D shell formulation

AND the convection itself are generated


The presented solution integrates both the standard boundary conditions and the specific convection applied on the blade

Convective Surface Boundary Condition in 2D Axisymmetric Analysis


ANSYS Customer Training

We have an extensive Customer Training program

• Regularly scheduled public classroom training– Introductory, Advanced, Application‐specific

• Customer‐site training• Web‐based “live” training• Self‐paced training– Quick‐start video courses available on ANSYS Customer Portal

Complete training schedules available at:http://www.ansys.com/Support/Training+Center


•When time is tight, and you need to get up and running quickly…

“Jump Start” Training

… “Jump Start” may be just right for you• We set up and solve your example problem• Create customized “how to” training materials• Conduct a focused training seminar at your site


Jump Start Training Example Andritz Inc.

Andritz Group is a global market leader for customized plant, systems and services for the pulp and paper, hydropower and steel industries

• Looking for insight into an equipment retrofit issue• Needed to very quickly come up to speed with ANSYS FLUENT due to time constraints


Jump Start Training Example Andritz Inc.

ANSYS engineers setup and solved an initial set of simulations• Andritz engineers attended our NH training class• Worked through their customer‐specific example

By the end of the week, Andritz engineers had completed a first set of simulations

• Within three weeks, were able to base engineering decisions on the simulation results


Summary

Engineering simulation is a critical part of the innovation process

ANSYS Consulting Services are available to enhance your success:• Extend the breadth of simulation• Streamline and automate your workflow• Quickly and effectively train your staff

Want to learn more?• Contact your local sales representative


ANSYS Training

Interested in Live Training Sessions with ANSYS Experts?

Training classes are offered both locally and online.

View the entire schedule at: http://www.ansys.com/Support/Training+Center

Topics include:• Introduction to ANSYS Mechanical• Introduction to ANSYS DesignModeler• Introduction to ANSYS FLUENT• Introduction to ANSYS Icepak• Introduction to ANSYS HFSS• Introduction to ANSYS Explicit Dynamics• Introduction to ANSYS ICEM CFD• And Many More…

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